Paul Lima - Freelance Writer, Copywriter, Media Interview Trainer, Writing Traineer

E-books & paperback books for writers & business owners

The Six-Figure Freelancer:
How to Find, Price, and Manage
Corporate Writing Assignments
SECOND EDITION

Revised & Improved! With more ideas, more detail, more examples, more inspiration and more exercises to get you started and keep you going!

Paul Lima was a busy technology freelance writer, earning a six-figure income, during the dot-com boom. When it went bust, so did many of his Information Technology corporate clients.

Paul developed a new business vision and created business and marketing plans to support this new vision. Within 18 months, he was as busy as he was during the height of the dot-com boom. Today, he is now performing a greater variety of tasks for more clients than ever before!

To help freelancer writers create a personal road map to business success, Paul created a workshop based on his experiences. He has now turned his popular workshop into a book (spiral-bound paperback or PDF file) available from Lulu.com.

Focusing on writing material for corporate markets (including businesses, associations, government agencies, non-profits and other organizations), The Six Figure Freelancer demonstrates how to plan and market your way to freelance writing success.

In a step-by-step approach, this book demonstrates how to:

Turn desire, dedication, discipline into a successful freelance business
Manage your time productively
Develop a business vision
Create business and marketing plans based on your vision
Identify types of writing you can do for the corporate market
Define and validate your writing services
Identify corporate sectors you can write for
Find companies and contacts within targeted corporate sectors
Systematically market your writing services to contacts within corporate, non-profit and/or government sectors
Write pitch letters
Generate new and repeat business
Network with friends, associates and groups
Harness the power of the Web
Price your corporate writing services and issue accurate quotes
Manage the writing and approval process
Manage relationships with corporate clients
Continually generate repeat business

The Six-Figure Freelancer chapters include:

Chapter 1: Freelance Reality Check
Chapter 2: Getting Started
Chapter 3: Time Management
Chapter 4: Your Business Vision
Chapter 5: Do the Math
Chapter 6: Clustering/Brainstorming
Chapter 7: Writing Services You Can Offer to Corporate Markets
Chapter 8: All About You
Chapter 9: Corporate Sectors You Can Target
Chapter 10: Business Plan
Chapter 11: The Twin Fears
Chapter 12: Five Marketing Arrows
Chapter 13: Generating Repeat Business
Chapter 14: Networking Your Way to Success
Chapter 15: Advertising and Promotion
Chapter 16: Cold Calling and Direct Mail
Chapter 17: Marketing Plan – The Big Picture
Chapter 18: Cold Calling – Mail, Email, Phone
Chapter 19: Sample Pitch Letters
Chapter 20: How Much to Charge?
Chapter 21: Accurately Price Writing Services
Chapter 22: Managing the Process
Chapter 23: Search Engine Optimization
Chapter 24: Google Ads
Chapter 25: Cold Call Tips

“This book delivers an exciting message: freelance writers can make a good living! I urge any freelancer struggling to make ends meet to get Paul Lima's down-to-earth ebook, study it, and do what it says. You will look back and realize this was a turning point in your writing life.”
– Gordon Graham, past-president, Professional Writers Association of Canada (PWAC) and full-time freelance writer since 1987

If you want to find, price and manage corporate writing assignments, then this is is the place to start!

The Six-Figure Freelancer: How to Find, Price and Manage Corporate Writing Assignments - 25 Chapters; 54,520 words; 164 pages. Available online from Lulu.com:

Spiral-bound (print) paperback:
$19.95 (US) + shipping. Note: Lulu's shipping and handling is about $8 (standard); however, the book's retail price of $24.95 has been discounted to defray shipping and handling.
Electronic (download) book:
$11.95 (US;PDF download; no shipping)
Ask how to pay by cheque or PayPal and/or in Canadian funds. Send name(s) of book(s) and quantity, type (print or PDF), and your city/state or city/province to info@paullima.com. Paul will send you a price and ordering information.
For quotes on three or more copies, email info@paullima.com.

View the 1-minute Six-Figure
Freelancer A/V testimonial.

Read a recent, unsolicited testimonial

"Paul Lima proves that with focus, planning and confidence, success as a corporate freelance writer is possible. If you want to start a corporate writing business, you need to read this book."
– Elizabeth Cockle, EC Writing, (www.ecwriting.com)

The Six Figure Freelancer incorporates and expands on many of the principles first outlined in Paul Lima's popular Six-Figure Freelancer workshop, and adds valuable information on how to developing your business vision as well as a realistic business pan and targeted marketing plan

Educational, writers' group and multi-purchase discounts: info@paullima.com.

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For pricing for educational institutions or writers' organization, email info@paullima.com

Unsolicited testimonial, reprinted with permission:

I purchased your book, The Six-Figure Freelancer, from Lulu and want to thank you for providing some much-needed perspective and clarity into the business of corporate freelancing. Your book couldn't have surfaced at a more beneficial time as I've been fussing over my business plan for weeks and the information you've provided got me over my hurdles very quickly.

Doing the Vision, Clustering, and Sector exercises before reading on was extremely beneficial. It seemed to shake something loose and gave me the insight I needed to carry on.

I really enjoyed the tone and style of the book. I enjoyed the common-sense approach toward opportunity and business growth. And, it forced me to think in more broader terms about the business of writing, while at the same time, it forced me to focus on my next steps, or rather, my "missed" steps.

The information you present is essential to getting on track... The book has certainly accomplished its mission. Your book is full of practical business advice, practical exercises, and great references, and I would recommend it to anyone who is serious about kicking-off or re-evaluating their freelance writing career.

V. Marin

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